Also called: Mobile Home Installers
Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers build operation and control, quality control analysis and operations monitoring skills that carry over to other work. Below are 25 careers ranked by how closely their skills match, with pay from BLS May 2025. The closest match is Carpenters (85%).
Updated October 2026 · Data: O*NET 31.0 and BLS OEWS May 2025 · How we match careers
Sorted by skill match.
| # | Career | Skill match | Median pay | Pay change | Extra education |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carpenters | 85% | $60,580 | +32% | None |
| 2 | Structural Iron and Steel Workers | 85% | $62,780 | +37% | None |
| 3 | Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters | 83% | $42,360 | −8% | None |
| 4 | Construction Laborers | 78% | $47,120 | +2% | None |
| 5 | Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall | 77% | $49,120 | +7% | None |
| 6 | Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters | 76% | $47,550 | +3% | None |
| 7 | Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers | 76% | $58,930 | +28% | None |
| 8 | Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining | 76% | $57,430 | +25% | None |
| 9 | Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners | 75% | $49,880 | +8% | None |
| 10 | Roofers | 75% | $55,440 | +21% | None |
Compared with Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers, median $45,990. Skill match is our estimate (0–99) from O*NET 31.0 skills, knowledge, work activities and interests, adjusted for preparation and big pay drops. Pay: BLS OEWS May 2025, national median.
How important each skill is in work as manufactured building and mobile home installers (O*NET importance, scale 1–5).
The gaps that show up most often across your top 10 matches.
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A concrete first step, the skills to add, and the hard parts of each job, from O*NET 31.0 education, training and work context data.
85% skill match · $60,580 · +32% pay
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85% skill match · $62,780 · +37% pay
83% skill match · $42,360 · −8% pay
If you want to stay close to what you do now, these roles are the nearest.
The closest matches are Carpenters (85% skill match, median $60,580), Structural Iron and Steel Workers (85% skill match, median $62,780) and Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (83% skill match, median $42,360), based on O*NET 31.0 data and BLS May 2025 pay.
Among the 25 matches, 24 pay more than manufactured building and mobile home installers at the median. The biggest increases: Terrazzo Workers and Finishers (+66%, $76,170), Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (+39%, $63,800) and Structural Iron and Steel Workers (+37%, $62,780).
24 of the 25 matches usually need no more education than you have now, based on O*NET Job Zones.
We compare the importance of skills, knowledge, work activities and interests in O*NET 31.0 for your job and every other career, then adjust for extra preparation and big pay drops. The full method is on our Methodology page.